Best Video Games Tournament – 8 Bit Years – Elimination Round – Part One

This is part one of the elimination round for the 8-bit generation of video games, covering games roughly between 1985-89 including the NES and Sega Master System.

In this round, games have been arranged into groups of six. You can vote for as many games in a group as you like.

At the end of the round, the bottom two games in each group will be eliminated. To make the tournament numbers even, three of these games will be spared based on the number of votes gotten.

In order to make the numbers work out, thirteen of the top games from the nomination round have been given a bye to the next round. They are Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros. 2, Mega Man 2, Metroid, Contra, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out, Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link, Oregon Trail, Castlevania and DuckTales